[JLs Detailing]

Awesome car and you guys did some awesome work on it, even if you didn't get to polish. Man as good as it looks I'm scared to think how good it would have looked had you guys put the machines on it !

[Duratys]

That paint gauge paid for itself right there.
Makes me scared to put the polish to my GM vehicles without using one.

[Nica]

Originally Posted by Jayplay

very nice....did you guys use lube with the 200adv? if you didnt that would explain the odd readings...

also do you always use single layer mode? I know some area,s were reading 50 microns but if you read the individual layers as the 200adv can do you may have found that a good % of that reading may of been a good level of clear coat enabling you to machine safely

very thin paint but a very healthy level of clearcoat

HeyJayplay, for the PosiTector 200 we used the gel that came with it and when I started taking readings and was getting odd numbers I thought to my self, that cant be right I must be doing something wrong so I used more lube and changed the settings just to double check my self and even then I was getting low, low readings.

I spent over and hour gauging the entire vehicle becuase I just couldn't beleave the readings I was getting, the odd thing is that on the other two vehicles we detailed there readings were more among the lines of 100 to 130microns.

I'm going to be phoning where I got the gauges and just ask some questions, actually Rich may be able to help me out as well but I'll do some reading and see what I can find out.

Jayplay if you got any tips I'd love to hear them buddy

[Jayplay]

Im still learning myself Carlos on how to use the 200 properly...steep learning curve

[Nica]

Originally Posted by Jayplay

Im still learning myself Carlos on how to use the 200 properly...steep learning curve

Yea tell me about it, you know I was talking to a my friend Gerry (he's the one tha owns his own body shop) and he was telling me that the problem with the method vehicles are being pianted is that after putting the primer the rest of the coats of paint are not left to dry properly, so what he was telling me the industry does now is something like this:

- First apply the primer, let that completely dry sand it down to level it off
- Then apply the first coat of paint, let it sit for a bit then apply the second coat all depends on the make and model of the vehicle.
- Then apply the clear coat.

The problem Gerry tells me is that there is not enough time for the paint to cure so even with the Advansed PosiTector 200 it would be useless becuase it can not read the different lawyers due to the way the paint is being applied or let cure. Rich confirmed this with me as well.

But yest there is a large learning curve with this machine, if I find more info I'll be more then happy to share it with you buddy..oh did you see the Pro section

[Tonya]

WOW, very nice write up! The car looks great! SLICK!

[detailersdomain]

wow great work!

[Rexx]

I had to take a double take but I recognized the shop. Nice to see that Steve is getting some good quality detailers in their. I had a supercharger installed by them in 2003 back when a 517rwhp car was fast. Well it still is fast, but the cars they are turning out now absolutely insane. Too bad about the paint readings.

[Divine Detail]

Originally Posted by Rexx

I had to take a double take but I recognized the shop. Nice to see that Steve is getting some good quality detailers in their. I had a supercharger installed by them in 2003 back when a 517rwhp car was fast. Well it still is fast, but the cars they are turning out now absolutely insane. Too bad about the paint readings.

What did you have done there, a Vette? Steves a great guy, and runs such a top notch shop, i'm highly impressed.I'm glad to be getting a chance to work on their shop cars and customer vehicles, they truly are a pleasure!

[D&D Auto Detailing]

Man and I thought vettes have good amount of clear on them. Guess we dont know exactly how much clear there is, but thats weird. Doesnt look like the hood was matched too well?